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' FOOT BEST. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1912.

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THOMAS F. VICKERY,

OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF 120 W. H. COOPER, OF NEWLONDON, CONNECTICUT.

FOOT-REST.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Application filed June 7, 1912. Serial No. 702,294.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. ViGKERY,

I a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at New London, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rests, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention embraces improvements in foot rests and has particularapplication to rests of this type for use on shoe polishing stands. Itis to be understood, however, that the invention in its usefulapplication is not limited to this particular purpose, as the same maybe employed for displaypurposes and the like.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide afoot rest whereby a shoe may be clamped while in the process ofpolishing so as to relieve the wearer of such shoe of undue expenditureof energy in maintaining the shoe in proper position to be polished.Furthermore, I aim to provide a foot rest which will embrace the desiredfeatures of simplicity, efficiency and durability and which may bemanufactured and marketed at a relatively low cost.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in andfalling within the scope of the appended claims. I

In the accompanying drawing there has been illustrated one preferred andpractical embodiment of my invention, and in this drawing; Figure 1 is aside elevation of a foot rest constructed in accordance with the presentinvention, and mounted upon a pedestal such as .are usually employed onshoe polishing stands. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the foot rest. Fig.3 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a fragmentaryvertical sectional view showing the means for locking the foot rest inits adjusted position.

Similar reference characters designate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, A indicates apedestal such as l is usually employed upon shoe polishing standsand thelike and upon this pedestal is mounted my improved foot rest indicatedas an entirety at B. The foot rest B may be constructed of any suitablematerial, metal being preferable, and embraces two sections 1 and 2, thesection 2 being fastened to the pedestal in any suitable manner, as byscrews 3, while the section 1 is movable toward and away from thesection 2 so as to increase or decrease the width of the foot rest,according to the size of the shoe placed upon such rest. Each section 1,2 at the toe of the rest, is provided at its outer edge with a lug 4Land likewise each section at the heel of the foot rest is equipped witha lug 5, the lugs 4t and 5 being designed to engage the side edges ofthe sole and heel of the shoe respectively so that when the movablesection is moved toward the stationary section,

a clamping action will be produced upon the shoe to maintain the same inthe properposition, thus relieving the wearer of the shoe of any unduestrain or expenditure of energy in maintaining the shoe upon the footrest during the process of polishing. One of the sections on its undersurface, as the section 1, at the toe and heel respectively, is providedwith guide strips 6 through each of which is passed a strip 7 carried bythe toe and heel of the adjacent section, the section 2 in the presentinstance. It will thus be seen that when the movable section is movedrelatively to the fixed section, such movable section will be maintainedin proper relation to the fixed section and guided in its path ofmovement.

In order to lock the sections against accid'ental movement after theshoe rest has been clamped to the shoe, any suitable or preferred formof lock mechanism may be utilized. In this instance, the section 1 onits under surface has rigidly secured thereto a rod 8 passed through anaperture in the adjacent portion of the pedestal A and terminating atits free end exteriorly of such pedestal and beyond the section 2, thefree end of the rod 8 being forked or bifurcated as at 9. Rigidlysecured to the pedestal A immediately below the forked end of the rod 8,is a lug 10, and pivoted within the lug and to the forked end 9 of therod 8 is an angular lever 11 which, when operated in one direction,moves the movable section away from the fixed section and whenoperatedin the opposite direction shifts the movable section toward the fixedsection, as will be readily apparent. Pivoted to the pedestal A inproximity to the free end of the rod 8, is a dog 12 spring pressed intoengagement with the teeth of a rack 13 formed upon the rod 8 adjacentthe forked extremity thereof and acting to hold the sections of the footrest against accidental movement after the same have been actuated toclamp the shoe.

In use, the shoe is placed upon a foot rest, v

and the dog 12 released from engagement with the rack 13 and the lever11 operated to move the movable section 1 away from the fixed section 2so that the shoe may rest snugly upon the sections of the foot rest.Subsequent to this action, the dog is released and the lever 11 operatedto move the movable section toward the fixed section to engage the lugs41: and 5 withthe toe and heel of the shoe respectively, therebyclamping the shoe upon the rest and enabling the same to be polishedwith facility.

I claim:

1. The combination with a pedestal, of a rest on said pedestal adaptedto receive a shoe, said rest comprising two sections, lugs on thesections adapted to engage the toe and heel of the shoe, means foradjusting one of said sections relatively to the other to accommodateshoes of various sizes, means for maintaining said sections in properrel ative posltlons and gulding the movable section in itsmovementrelative to the fixed section, and means for holding thesections in the desired adjusted position.

2. The combination with a rest on said pedestal adapted to receive ashoe, said rest comprising two sections, means for adjusting one of saidsect-ions rel atively to the other to accommodate shoes of varioussizes, comprising a rod on said movable section and projecting throughthe pedestal and terminating beyond said pedestal and provided with aforked extremity, a lug on the pedestal immediately below the forkedextremity of said rod, an angular le- Ver pivotally connected to the lugand to the forked end of the rod and adapted to move the movable sectiontoward and away from the fixed section, a rack formed on said rod, and adog adapted to engage said rack to hold the sections in the desiredadjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS F. VICKERY.

Witnesses:

R. M. SNYDER, R. A. HAYDEN.

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